Hello,
there are several timestamps in the lifecycle of a modification to a file in
Git:
• file write timestamp
• git add timestamp
• git commit timestamp
• git push timestamp
• git merge timestamp
• git checkout timestamp
Right now when I check out/clone a repository, all the files have the checkout
timestamp as
• ctime - creation time for the file
• mtime - modification time for the file
• atime - las access time for the file
Not only does this force more work for timestamp-based build programs, it also
deprives me, as a developer, of a visual 'file blame' that could be very useful
in spotting changes without having to do git log over and over.
I would like to propose that the checkout process set the create and
modification times of a file to the timestamp at which a file was committed.
When repository servers have different clocks - which is normal - each
clone/merge/push should record the time offset. Each timestamp on each commit
should be corrected to the repository's specific time, and that should be a
marking on the history.
Sincere regards,
Andrew Wolfe
